Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 August 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. \PR!CE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. FRIDAY, 6th AUGUST, 1897. No. 176.
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      564 1 ■gapping Qtotice«. toinsuEr Oriental Steam s;ivigation Company. riIHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive out- wards, and leave Penang fc homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards, Aug. 13 1 Mirzapore Aug. 5 R l l 27 I Thames 19 I” 1 Sept* 10 j Kaisar-i-hind Sept. 2 yhnapore
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      1495 1 SBWna BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai Bankaceam steam ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. 2 i"f Corporation U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». orrrn nnuntvv t Paid-up Capital >10,000,000. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. ————Reserve Fund 8 6,500,000. AND For
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      790 1 EDEKLAriDSUiE HANDEL (Netherland Trading Society.) -iL.-. Established 1824. Paid-up Capital 35,783,tHt' 00 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.381 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factori j of the Nederlandsch“ Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap London
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    EXCHANGE.
    131 2 Penang, 6th August. 1897. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank l/lUj Do. 4 months'sight Pank 1/11 p, Do. 3 Credits 1 111 Do. 3 Documentary l /Up Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 152 Do. 3 days'sight Private 155 Bombay. Demand Bank 152 Do. 3 days’sight Private 15.5 Madras. Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    154 2 Pknang. 6th August. H 97. Tin ...$37.40 (Chinese) 4 i Trung out of season. Black* Pepper 1 West Coast... 1 7.- sellers. Acheen H.i. 17— do. White Pepper... 24 do Cloves (picked).. out of season Mace No. 1 88— sellers. Mace Pickings... 77 do. Nutmegs 76 50
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    39 2 Mail» close To-morrow. For Per str Time. Paiigkiilau Brandon ...Fook Ching... ll a.m. Singapore, China and Japan ...Glenfarg NOON. Dch ...Langkat 1 pm. I’angkor A T. Anson...Taw Tong 2 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow Amoy ...Glenfallock... 3 P.M.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    18 2 From Liverpool—s. s. Bellerophon, today. From Rangoon-—», s. Nerbudda to-mor-row From Calcutta—B. s. Lightning to-mor-row.
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    LIST OF VISITORS.
    99 2 Eastern Oriental Hotel. H. II the Sultan of Johore. Mr. Campbell Kerr, Private Secretary to H.H. the Sultan. Captain Daud, Commander of the Johore Forces and A. D. C. to H. H. the Sub an. Prince Matt, Police Commissioner of Muar and. A. D. C to H.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    157 2 4 LONDON, 4th August. Turkey and Greece. The representatives at the conI ference are agreed on all the articles I except that relating to the evacuation of Thessaly. The King of Siam. The King of Siam has visited Parliament and listened to a debate in the House of
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    CESSION OF TERRITORY.
    576 2 In his annual report for 1896 the Resilient of Perak writes:— The Sultan of Perak was the first to sign the agreement (for the Federation of the Protected Native States), and on Perak the payment of the larger share of the Federal expenses will devolve.” Mr. W.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    709 2 Mr. C. H. Harrington has won the Saudakan Lawn Tennis Championship by beating Mr. S Dennys, the runner-up, by 2 sets to 0. Mr. Mowe and Mr. T. R. Miles are the two players left in for the final lie in the Singapore Chess Club Handicap Tournament.
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    88 2 It appears that no official V f M ee ni ,et T lVe l f the > of Mr. Bland, the Senior Dtstnct Singapore. Inspector Wakb^~wi lo Was mauled by a tiger, still remains i u i, but is progressing favourably to stale. Cattle diseas? is reported to
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    THE TENDERS FOR THE COLON== FARM.
    139 2 Large Increases. 'The following are the principal 8 tiers, says the Straits Times, received Govri-uinent for the letting of the Ou and Spirit Farms for the period ef th commencing <>n January Ist, 1$ Singapore. Seah Song Seal) aud S et Tiang Lim S|ssj
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    PENAAG FLOWER-SHOW.
    316 2 PENA A G FLOWER-SHOW. (To the Editor of the Pinang Gavtit Sir. —Now that it has heen ddii decided to hold a Flower Show in Pea early next year, I would ask you to alien through the medium of your paper, to re® those interested in horticulture than time at
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    PASSENGERS.
    52 2 Arrivals. Wednesday. j. Per s. s. C. Apcar from and Mrs. Hallifax son. Mrs. i.-f M. Laumondias, and Messi*. 1 Holley, and Ng Pak SanPer 8 s Ho Kwei f' om E. Nyborg, and Mrs. Miss Pas Per s. s. Canton from Teluk and Mrs. Rawlins, Mrs. Messrs, Horby
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      182 2 Pritchard Co. Provision Department. Fresh supplies of the following have just been received Tart Fruits. Hams and Bacon. Snowflake Flour in 5 lbs. bags. Icing Sugar in 5 lbs. 10 lbs. tins. Huntley and Palmer’s Biscuits. Chocolate Creams, assorted. Sweets in bottles, &c., &c. A large supply of Crosse Blackwell’s
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      559 2 <3O. Have just opened out a splendid assortment of JAPANESE FURNITURE CURIOS, Specially selected for us by our Agents in Japan. NOW ON VIEW. These Goods are much superior to those shipped from Japan to be disposed of by Auction, and the Visitors for the Races and the Public generally
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    98 3 (H'roM OUR < 'OHIIKSPONPKN IS.) hUALA LUX run. sth August ]\lr. A. R. Venning, State Treai.urer and Acting Chief Magistrate in Selangor, has been appointed Secretary to Government, Perak, r n-t! Mr. E. AV. Birch promoted. TELUK ANSON. ,4th August. The shipments on Monday were To Penang, 781
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    NEWS FROM ACHEEN.
    141 3 It is reported that the Dutch Govern-' mell t intend to take extreme measures against the Acheuese. Two thousand men are already in Segli and are bombarding the idace every day. One thousand more men are n<>w ready to follow. This demons! ration bv the Dutch is
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    THE PIRACY OFF ACHEEN.
    133 3 From what we know of the Dutch character,” says the Malay Mail, we fear it would be v.iiii to expect such a confession to be forthcoming. The Dutch have uow been abnnghng and a blundering over the miserabb Achenese affair for the past twenty-four veirs. and
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    PERAK NEWS.
    131 3 It is reported that desertions from the Gala Estate still continue to be numerous. Lieut. F. S. Dawson (stli Fusiliers) has resigned his appointment in M. S. Guides. The convict, who managed to escape from Gopeng hospital, has been recaptured. Some Chinese women, says the Perak Pioneer, were
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    SELANGOR COFFEE ESTATES.
    212 3 According to The Wanderer” in the Malay Mail, Mr. E. V. Carey became an Assistant on a Ceylon estate in 188’2 and in 1891 came to the Straits. His interviewer thus continues Pressed to give his own particular views on the future of the coffee industry in
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    SHIFTING OF INSURANCE. RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTED FOR?
    105 3 A correspondent to a Bombay paper, writing on the subject of the wreck of the Aden, remarks that, according to the accounts of the survivors, two out of the three steamers came quite close up to the wreck, «nd yet took no notice of
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    521 3 The High Commissioner. The Gazette of 30th July gives the Commission passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, appointing “Our Trusty and Well-beloved” Lieut.-Col. Sir C. B. H. Mitchell “to be during Our pleasure Our High Commissioner” for the F. S. in the Malay Peninsula of Perak,
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    INDIAN NEWS.
    382 3 The Mortality in Bombay. A meeting of the medical profession has expressed opinion that tlie high mortality at Bombay is due to cholera and bowelcomplaints, aud not to a recrudescence of the plague. Rontgen Rays Apparatus. About 100 Rontgen rays apparatus are to be supplied to the Medical
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    NGKONG POLICE SCANDAL.
    146 3 (LIU Uli J ThM f conversation in Hongkong. Two j topic o ser g eauts aud 14 Cl,inese constables Chinep reB,ed and deported to Canton. This were t ou t ver y nearly the whole of the clears ve sta 5 uew men iaTe t a, £en
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    THE FEDERATED NATIVE STATES.
    258 3 Interesting Figures. The following figures are collated fro Annual Reports of the Residents f the"^6: t 18f Revenue. >ail 189«. 1895. Deere! k Perak 3,960,871 Selangor es bilan 3 805 211 le Paha °y... 555,329 535,442 19,887 180,947 106,743 54,204 Singapo 434 083 sB ted revenue
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    PENANG RACES.
    2483 3 AUTUMN MEETING, 1897. (Special Report for Pinang Gazette.”) Ist Day, sth August. Patrons. —H. E. the Governor, H. H. he Sultan of Johore, H H. the Sultan of Deli, H. H. the Sultan of Kedah, the H<>n. Resident Councillor, the Officer Commanding the Tropps, and the Hon. J.
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    Handicaps for To-morrow’s Races.
    184 3 The St. George’s Vase. Pearl 7.0 Bushrat 9.7 Victoria 11 7 Phyllis IU.B Jane 9.10 Fashion 8.7 The Ladies’ Purse. Penelope 12 0 Bright B'-ss 9.10 Laddie 10.7 Luly Sprightly 9.4 The Kedah Vase. Brut Royal 10.7 L >rd of (he I»les 8.9 Bittern 10 7
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    SHIPPING.
    152 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Flying Fish from Poll Weld. s. s. Mirza pore from Singapore s. s. Glenfarg fr<i\u Loudon. Departures. e To-day. s. s. Teutonia for Klang and Malacca. s. s. Ho Kwei for Deli. 8. s. Jin Ho for Langkat. 8 s. Perse for Laugkat. s. s.
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      413 3 TO LET. ROOMS with B aid, within easy reach of i Town. Terms moderate. 385 Apply to C Pinang Gazette. J. Manufacturing Jeweller and Diamond Setter. 12 BEACH STREET, PENANG. NOBEL’S SPORTING BALLISTITE. ABSOLUTELY SMOKTESS. IMPERVIOUS TO MOISTURE. Leaves the Barrel perfectly clean. THOROUGHLY RELIABLE UNIFORM. In primrose coloured Cartridge
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      2182 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY k H iHon- sof Parliament.) 1 IS twit BEST. I To be had at “^Sa^sV™""' 84 Same aS .supplied to the Houses of Lords Commo’ 8 and all the res P ectable London Clubs. I GOON YEN FRIENDS. j sot f. importers— TT ATZ BROTHERS lIMITnI HIN LEE
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      383 4 IN THE SUPREME COURT I STRAITS 1 SETTLEMENT OF PENANG In the Goods o/Tengachee Mam, IN pursuance of aecti- n 48 f ;r y r aucing and Law of p r per T 0 1886. all creditors and other pe c 4, any claims whatever agaii < »h- X. the
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